Dave LewAllen of WXYZ gets a brisk sidewalk-level tour of dynamic changes reshaping Midtown, guided by Sue Mosey, president of a neighborhood development nonprofit group called Midtown Detroit, Inc.


Sue Mosey, president of Midtown Detroit, Inc. [Photo from WXYZ]

The reporter calls her a "dynamo" and quotes her as saying: “It’s taken a very long time to get to the point where acceleration is moving very quickly, but I think we’ve reached that point now.” 

Two dozen businesses opened or expanded operations in Midtown in 2012 — including the Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Company, Ye Olde Butcher Shoppe and Maccabees at Midtown — one of several new restaurants in the neighborhood.

And coming to Midtown in early June: Whole Foods Market.

Mosey and LewAllen check out areas near Woodward and Selden, as well as Cass near Canfield, in this video: 

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